A train passes through East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday, April 6, 2023. The February train derailment in East Palestine has raised questions about the safety of freight rail companies. Now, the U.S.

On the technology spectrum, railroads would certainly seem to skew toward the brutally simplistic side of things. A couple of strips of steel, some wooden ties and gravel ballast to keep everything in ...

Freight railroads should reexamine the way they use and maintain the detectors along the tracks that are supposed to spot overheating bearings, federal regulators urged Tuesday in the wake of a fiery ...

An overheated component on a railcar carrying plastic pellets was the likely cause of a Norfolk Southern Corp. train derailment earlier this month, federal transportation officials said Thursday, an ...

The February train derailment in East Palestine has raised questions about the safety of freight rail companies. Now, the U.S. Congress is considering two pieces of legislation that would address the ...

Workers continue to clean up remaining tank cars last week in East Palestine, Ohio, following the Feb. 3, Norfolk Southern freight train derailment. Today, in the wake of a fiery Ohio derailment and ...